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Twin M-400s; One missing the Glass and Lamp
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This is at Rocky Point Park. Used to be an amusement park but it closed in Jauary 1996 and has been vacant for around two decades but now they've leveled the place and it's open again. They removed all the lights I had know about (I'd gone sneaking around inside in the past) but I got to see these following lights for the first time today. This one has amazingly resisted vandals for 20 years. The photocells are either missing on these or they never had them. I couldn't get a good look at them from the side so I couldn't see if they had PC sockets.
I sent the non-profit organization in charge of converting the place into a state park about this light and the four others. We'll see how that goes. I put in information about me and pictures of some of my lights to convince them I'm not a fraud. I didn't give my age though since if they knew I was 17 they might not give my email a second glance. Best part is that these are all 120V!
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Rocky Point Park was unfortunately the victim of corruption, which is why it closed down. From what I understand, Rocky Point Park was purchased by a private company. This company owned other assets and used Rocky Point Park to fund those other assets, transferring millions of dollars in "donations" from the Park to their other unrelated assets. Their plan was to bankrupt the park and redevelop it for real estate (condominiums). However, one thing led to another and the park ended up being the center of many court battles, lasting well into to the 2000s, the park remaining vacant since the mid-90s. In 2010 or 2011 the State purchased the waterfront portion of the property and made a public walking path. In 2014 they purchased the whole 114 acres after people of RI approved a multi-million dollar budget to buy the land. So the land will no longer be privately developed and will remain a public State Park.